101.   Last month, hard-liners impeached Abdollah Nouri as interior minister for allowing political gatherings and relaxing Islamic rules.

102.   NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hinted strongly he wants the rule relaxed.

103.   Officials also relaxed the rules to allow spectators to brown-bag at events.

104.   President Clinton relaxed eligibility rules last July and announced a public education campaign to stem enrollment declines in the program.

105.   Seriously ill people in poor countries would suffer most if global drug patent rules were relaxed and research was cut back, he said.

106.   Still, the company may not have to shed any assets if the FCC relaxes that rule within the next two years.

107.   The Clinton administration has relaxed eligibility rules over the past year and initiated a public education campaign to encourage poor people to sign up.

108.   The SET will also relax takeover rules for the merging firms.

109.   The Thai central bank has relaxed its rules on loan classification to encourage financial institutions to negotiate with borrowers to whittle down a mountain of problem loans.

110.   Under pressure from the United Nations, the Taliban had relaxed its rules to allow some women to work in the bakeries.